As the Mississippi when more than 150 feet deep can keep open its channel and even carry down gravel and sand to its delta, the surface velocity being not more than two or three miles an hour, so a gigantic current, like the Gulf Stream, equal in volume to many hundred Mississippis, and having in parts a surface velocity of more than three miles, may act as a propelling and Abrading power at still greater depths.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell
Glaciers, transporting and Abrading power of.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell
Gulf-Stream, probable Abrading power of.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell